Christa Wolf Medea is among the most notorious women in Greek tragedy - a woman who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In this novel, Wolf explodes the...

Meet Kirsten: An American Girl(American Girl: Kirsten #1)Janet Beeler ShawIn the summer of 1854, after a long & dangerous journey on a small ship, Kirsten Larson & her family arrive...

Meet Molly: An American Girl(American Girl: Molly #1)Valerie TrippFor Molly McIntire, life seems full of change. It's 1944 and the world is at war. Her father is far away caring...

Meet Samantha: An American Girl(American Girl: Samantha #1)Susan S AdlerSamantha Parkington is an orpan who lives with her rich grandmother in 1904. There are many servants in Grandmary's busy, bustling...

Mark Sarvas One of Entertainment Weekly's 20 Books to Read in March and one of TimeOut's 11 Books You'll Want to Binge-Read This MonthA son learns more about his father...

Arthur Golden A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.In Memoirs...

Marguerite Yourcenar Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951....

Scott Oden 526 BC and the empire of the Pharaohs is dying, crumbling under the weight of its own antiquity. Corruption and decay cripple its cities, infects its leaders and...

Simon MawerLike his great, great uncle, the early geneticist Gregor Mendel, Dr. Benedict Lambert is struggling to unlock the secrets of heredity. But Benedict's mission is particularly urgent and particularly...

Rose Tremain  Merivel is an unforgettable hero―soulful, funny, outrageous and achingly sad. His unmistakable, self-mocking voice speaks directly to us down the centuries. From the Orange Prize–winning author Rose Tremain...

Sol T PlaatjeMhudi, the first full-length novel in English by a black South African, was written in the late 1910s. A romantic epic set in the first half of the...

Geogre Elliot   Middlemarch (1871-2) is perhaps the masterpiece of a writer who is now recognized as a major literary figure of the nineteenth century. Virginia Woolf hailed as 'one...